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Resident Evil Village cover artvsThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings cover art

Resident Evil VillagevsThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Resident Evil Village leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Resident Evil VillageThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Resident Evil Village leans harder on execution: Accurate aiming and ammo discipline under varied enemy pressure

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Resident Evil Village leans harder on optimization: Merchant economy, weapon upgrades and area sequencing are solvable

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings